Viruses work by taking control of our cells and carefully reprogramming them into machines to make more viruses. Because of ...

For the first time, a bird flu infection has been detected in a pig, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reporting ...

African swine fever outbreak in Kottiyoor prompts culling of infected pigs and strict measures to prevent further spread.

After killing millions of birds worldwide, the H5N1 avian flu is creeping like a black fog of death through U.S. dairy farms.

Pigs can become coinfected with bird and human viruses, allowing genes to swap to form a new, more dangerous virus that can ...

Pigs remain at the centre of scientists’ nightmare scenario because commercial swine carry lots of human flu viruses. Their cells share enough features with ours that flu viruses can use some of ...

So far there’s been only one reported human case of bird flu in Texas this year in April and 46 total in the U.S., according ...

The 2009 H1N1 pandemic, though "mild by pandemic standards," involved a swine flu, Siegel noted. Added the doctor, "Continued spread in the pig population would concern me." Dr. Benjamin Anderson ...

A pig in Oregon has tested positive for H5N1 bird flu for the first time, according to a Wednesday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Doctors weigh in on potential concerns.

A case of H5N1 bird flu was confirmed in a pig on a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the virus in swine in the country, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said. Pigs represent a ...

USDA recently confirmed the first case of H5N1 bird flu in a pig. Dr. Megan Niederwerder, executive director of the Swine ...